Interactive Map: The 2012 Election and the Economy

The Journal’s graphics gurus have rolled out a new election map, an interactive gizmo that shows which way states are leaning in the presidential race (using using polling data from RealClearPolitics) and also lets users dig into economic factors that could influence votes.

For instance, users can look at the map by state unemployment rate. Or look at county-by-county mortgage delinquency rates, or states’ average gasoline prices. The map also incorporates the Patchwork Nation community types that you may have seen featured in Dante Chinni’s Politics Counts column on WSJ.com.

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